John Hancock of Massachusetts

On October 25, 1780

John Hancock became the first Governor of Massachusetts after winning 90% of the votes in the Massachusetts Constitution.

This Day in History - October 25

1415

The Battle of Agincourt between the English and the French took place.

1854

The Battle of Balaclava took place during the Crimean War.

1671

Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered Iapetus, Saturn's third-largest moon.

1940

Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first African American US Army brigadier general.

2017

Scientists in India discovered a 152-million-year-old fossil of an extinct marine reptile called the ichthyosaur.

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